Many African abolitionists who fought and lost their lives in the struggle against slavery have gone unacknowledged.
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The phrase appeared on thousands of pages unrelated to Jane Austen before and during her life – and was a favorite phrase of the abolitionists.
He was an important philosopher, mathematician and social reformer of his time. But Richard Price was subsequently written out of history.
Studying local Africans’ contributions to the abolition of slavery provides a fuller understanding of its history.
Few people embody the contradictions of U.S. history like the author of the Star Spangled Banner, someone who denounced slavery as a moral wrong but rejected racial equality.
Cameras played a critical role in the quest for social equality for Black Americans in the post-slavery era.
The abolitionist’s legacy is often molded to fit various political agendas. Yet the Brown who appears in Showtime’s new miniseries is one we haven’t seen before.
From the earliest days of the anti-slavery movement, Black religious leaders have infused the fight for civil rights with spirituality.
Two men were convicted in 1859 of violating the Fugitive Slave Act. They had rescued a runaway slave from slave hunters in Ohio, one of the small acts of resistance that led to the Civil War.
Survey shows Zimbabwean policy makers need not fear a public backlash if they choose to abolition of the death penalty.
A growing roll call of books, films and television shows are focusing on the legacy of slavery.
Robert Sobukwe developed the philosophy of African nationalism to even higher intellectual heights. The lesson for humanity was his ideological stand that there is only one race - the human race.
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